THE ROWLACT ACT (CLASS 10)

Q. WRITE 5 POINTS ABOUT ROWLATT ACT ? (NCERT) 

 

ANS= 1. IN MARCH 1919 BRITISH GOVERNMENT PASSED ROWLATT ACT.

2. THE ACT PASSED THROUGH IMPERIAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DESPITE THE UNITED OPPOSITION OF INDIAN MEMBERS.

3. ROWLATT ACT :- IT GAVE THE ENORMOUS POWER TO REPRESS POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND ALLOWED DETENTION OF POLITICAL PRISIONERS WITHOUT TRIAL FOR TWO YEARS.

4. GANDI JI IN 1919 DECIDED TO LAUNCH A NATIONAL WIDE SATYAGRAHA AGAINST THE PROPOSED OF ROWLATT ACT(1919).

5. GANDHIJI WANTED NON-VIOLENT CIVIL DISOBIDIENCE AGAINST SUCH UNJUST LAW WHICH WOULD START WITH HARTAL ON 6 APRIL.